Messy Does It: The Everyday Politics of Pandemic Response in an Indian City
Mukta Naik, a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, India, examines the migrant crisis in Gurugram and the civil society responses to it.
Behind the Curve: India’s Failing Response to COVID-19
Sociologist Ravi Duggal discusses India's journey from a humanitarian crisis toward a public health catastrophe.
Will “Pandemic Socialism” Become the New Normal?
The responses to the ongoing economic crisis by major Western governments are a partial realization of the economist James Meade’s vision of liberal socialism.
Hostages of Mobility
The economic and social consequences of the pandemic can be understood through the global economy’s dependence on our collective mobility.
Can a Virus Accelerate Change in Africa?
African intellectuals are calling for a different discussion. Isn’t this the right time to propel changes that have often been postponed?
Mapping Neighborhood Change in Inderlok, Delhi
Mapping Neighborhood Change in Inderlok is a Global Urban Intensive Program for Spring semester of 2020. The studio is a collaboration between Parsons Graduate Urban [...]
MEET OUR 2020 STUDENT FELLOWS
We are excited to announce the recipients of the Starr Foundation Student Fellows grant for 2020. This is the thirteenth cohort of students who are [...]
Some most important drawbacks on India from the characteristics of the service-oriented industrial structure – 3rd Post, Notes
07/03/2019. The characteristics of the service industry itself determines that the service-oriented industrial structure has a lot of beneficial effects on the economic development of [...]
The MIDC Industrial Zone in Mumbai – 2nd Post, Subject
By Meihan Hu, 06/17/2019. After talked with my cousin, who been working in Mumbai for a while, to understand better on things such as local [...]